Author:
Baskin Jerry M.,Baskin Carol C.,Chien Ching-Te,Chen Shun-Ying
Abstract
The embryo length/seed length (E/S) ratio of the early diverging eudicot Trochodendron aralioides is 0.34. Embryos in fresh seeds were 0.36±0.01 mm long, and they increased in length by about 250% (in 20 d) before radicle emergence (germination) occurred, demonstrating that the embryo is underdeveloped at seed maturity. Seeds germinated to 95–100% at 20/10, 25/15 and 30/15°C in light in ≤4 weeks, without any pretreatment, but no seeds germinated in darkness. Thus, seeds of T. aralioides have morphological dormancy (MD), which is considered to be the primitive condition in seed plants, and MD probably has existed in the genus Trochodendron since its origin in the early Tertiary.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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